Article: Bute Decisions Grachev To Set Up Froch Rematch

Roe said:

This Bute hype needs to go. He just isn't that good. Overhyped and overprotected. How boxrec and boxing monthly previously had him as world number 1 I'll never understand. Seriously, what has he ever done?

I'll be disappointed if Froch is forced to go over to Canada to destroy him once again.

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Butes a good fighter on his terms. The KO of Magee was stunning and his win over Johnson was comprehensive whereas Carl struggled to get the job done and ate those right hands for fun.
Butes not a champion and as said it's a joke for boxrec to have rated him as no.1 when Froch, Kessler and Ward were knocking lumps out of one another. For my money all 3 batter Bute. Bute should fight Dirrell, it's an intriguing match up imo.

Froch is obligated to rematch, if Bute is stupid enough to request it then I'll enjoy watching Froch slaughter him on the road. If he does then Bute has to change something. The comment about Froch destroying him is true as far as I'm concerned. If a fighter gets beat in 30 seconds and was caught cold fair enough you can put it down to a mistake but Froch walked through his punches (althought he was rocked) and spanked him at close quarters. I don't know how Bute can learn from that because it's his inside game and defense at fault, in a few fights you cannot change that and he's too long in the tooth to really develop now. I think we've seen the best of him and Froch took his soul.